to trench at

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to trench at - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Trench \Trench\, v. i.
     1. To encroach; to intrench.
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              Does it not seem as if for a creature to challenge
              to itself a boundless attribute, were to trench upon
              the prerogative of the divine nature? --I. Taylor.
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     2. To have direction; to aim or tend. [R.] --Bacon.
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     To trench at, to make trenches against; to approach by
        trenches, as a town in besieging it. [Obs.]
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              Like powerful armies, trenching at a town
              By slow and silent, but resistless, sap. --Young.
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